Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

Transgender and Gender Expansive Health Care

Education

• BA, Truman State University, 1998
• MD, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002

Training

• Internship and Residency, St Louis Children's Hospital, 2002 - 2005

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2005 - PresMO, Missouri Medical License
• 2005 - PresMO, American Board of Pediatrics

Honors and Awards

• Alpha Omega Alpha, 2002
• Women in Medicine Award, 2002
• James P Keating Outstanding Resident Award, 2005
• Excellence in Adolescent Health Award from the Midwest Regional Chapter of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, 2016
• 2017 Health Advocacy Award from the St Louis American, 2017
• AAP Special Achievement Award, 2017
• Washington University Ethic of Service Award, 2018
• Excellence in Educational Partnership - Jennings High School, 2019
• Focus St Louis What's Right with the Region Award, 2019
• Washington University School of Medicine Distinguished Faculty Award in Community Services, 2020
• Dr. Corinne Walentik Leadership in Health Award from Missouri Foundation for Health, 2021
• PROMO's Partnership Award, 2022

Recent Publications view all (4)

Publication Co-Authors

Christopher Lewis

Katie Plax, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Sarah Garwood, M.D.

1. WhitneyLinsenmeyerPhD, RD, LD, SarahGarwoodMD, JenWatersMS, RDN, CNSC, LDN. An Examination of the Sex-Specific Nature of Nutrition Assessment within the Nutrition Care Process: Considerations for Nutrition and Dietetics Practitioners Working with Transgender and Gender Diverse Clients Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2022. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2022.02.014   
2. Hana F. Zickgraf, Sarah K. Garwood, Christopher B. Lewis, Andrea M. Giedinghagen, Jamie L. Reed, and Whitney R. Linsenmeyer. Validation of the Nine-Item Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Screen among Transgender and Nonbinary Youth and Young Adults Transgender Health. 2021;0(0). doi:10.1089  
3. Whitney R Linsenmeyer, Ian M Katz, Jamie L Reed, Andrea M Giedinghagen, Christopher B Lewis, Sarah K Garwood . Disordered Eating, Food Insecurity, and Weight Status Among Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Youth and Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study Using a Nutrition Screening Protocol LGBT Health. 2021;8(5):359-366. doi:10.1089/lgbt.2020.0308   PMID:34097472 
4. Garwood SK, Gerassi L, Johnson-Reid M, Plax K. More Than Poverty: The Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect on Pregnancy Risk J Adolesc Health. 2015;57(2):164-168. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.05.004.  PMCID:PMC 4653097  PMID:26206437